[Verse 1] My rose wither in the hot sun, petals on the porch, paper-thin. I poured my name into my act now it just flows like,a river running smoothly Morning came hard through the screen door crack, sun (burned,), skin off my hands. I tried to keep you in the shade of my love, but the noon kept taking what it can. [Pre-Chorus] And I watched it slow, blue color (grows). One day bright, then (gone.)[deep whisper] I kept saying stay, I hope that would( change), a sky that cruel, and (dark) [Chorus] My rose wither in the hot sun, my rose, my rose, gone. My rose wither in the hot sun, and I’m still here holding on. (holding on) Still here holding on. [Verse 2] I cut back stems with a kitchen knife, put the petals in a blue glass dish. Every little edge looked like a goodbye, every little thing I tried to fix. You were a flame in the (window) I was the rain, in a dark cloud. Now the dirt is warm where your roots once fought, and I can’t undo what pain and time has done [Pre-Chorus] And I watched it slow, that color go. One day bright, then gone. I kept saying stay, like that would change. sky that cruel, and that long. [Chorus] My rose wither in the hot sun, my rose, my rose, gone. My rose wither in the hot sun, and I’m still here holding on. (holding on) Still here holding on. [Bridge] Maybe love is a season line, drawn in dust on a white porch step. Maybe I learned too late what fragile hands can’t keep. So I’ll leave the stems where they lie, let the dry wind do what it does. Even brown in the hardest light, you were still my rose. [Final Chorus] My rose wither in the hot sun, my rose, my rose, gone. My rose wither in the hot sun, and I’m still here holding on. (holding on) Still here holding on. My rose wither in the hot sun, but I still know your name. My rose wither in the hot sun, and I’d love you just the same. (just the same) Just the same.
